Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA): explanation, elaboration, and checklist

JP Salameh, PM Bossuyt, TA McGrath, BD Thombs… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies are fundamental to the
decision making process in evidence based medicine. Although such studies are regarded …

Diagnostic accuracy of cardiac MRI versus FDG PET for cardiac sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Aitken, MV Chan, C Urzua Fresno, A Farrell, N Islam… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background There is limited consensus regarding the relative diagnostic performance of
cardiac MRI and fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET for cardiac sarcoidosis. Purpose To perform …

QUADAS-C: a tool for assessing risk of bias in comparative diagnostic accuracy studies

B Yang, S Mallett, Y Takwoingi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Comparative diagnostic test accuracy studies assess and compare the accuracy of 2 or
more tests in the same study. Although these studies have the potential to yield reliable …

Performance of digital breast tomosynthesis, synthetic mammography, and digital mammography in breast cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Alabousi, A Wadera, M Kashif Al-Ghita… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Our objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing
the breast cancer detection rate (CDR), invasive CDR, recall rate, and positive predictive …

[HTML][HTML] GRADE Guidance: 31. Assessing the certainty across a body of evidence for comparative test accuracy

B Yang, RA Mustafa, PM Bossuyt, J Brozek… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This article provides GRADE guidance on how authors of evidence syntheses
and health decision makers, including guideline developers, can rate the certainty across a …

Digital breast tomosynthesis for breast cancer detection: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis

M Alabousi, N Zha, JP Salameh, L Samoilov… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives No consensus exists on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) utilization for breast
cancer detection. We performed a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta …

Comparative accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasonography and clinical examination for left ventricular dysfunction and valvular heart disease: a systematic review and …

JA Marbach, A Almufleh, P Di Santo, R Jung… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Background: Incorporating focused cardiac ultrasonography (FoCUS) into clinical
examination could improve the diagnostic yield of bedside patient evaluation. Purpose: To …

MRI vs. CT for the detection of liver metastases in patients with pancreatic carcinoma: a comparative diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Alabousi, MDF McInnes, JP Salameh… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The detection of liver metastases is important for pancreatic cancer curative
treatment eligibility. The data suggest that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more …

LI‐RADS major features on MRI for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Shin, S Lee, JK Yoon, YE Chung… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The reported diagnostic performance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of
each major imaging feature on MRI using standardized definitions of the Liver Imaging …

Synthetic 2D mammography versus standard 2D digital mammography: a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review and meta-analysis

P Abdullah, M Alabousi, S Ramadan… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Author Video associated with this article. BACKGROUND. The use of
synthetic 2D mammography (SM) with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in place of …